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Wolf Point in July 2018 Map depicting Wolf Point (area owned by the Kennedy family in black, with approximate area of the historical Wolf Point settlement in red). Wolf Point is the location at the confluence of the North, South and Main Branches of the Chicago River in the present day Near North Side, Loop, and Near West Side community areas of Chicago.
Sauganash Hotel (originally Eagle Exchange Tavern) was a hotel regarded as the first hotel in Chicago, Illinois.Built in 1831, the hotel was located at Wolf Point in the present-day Loop community area at the intersection of the north, south and main branches of the Chicago River.
The Merchandise Mart opened on May 5, 1930, just east of Chicago's original trading post, Wolf Point. [ 11 ] The building realized Marshall Field’s dream of a single wholesale center for the nation and consolidated 13 different warehouses.
A view of the Chicago River from the South Branch, looking toward the main stem (right) and the North Branch (upper left) at Wolf Point in 2009. Before reversal, the South Branch generally arose with joining forks in the marshy area called Mud Lake to flow to where it met the North Branch at Wolf Point forming the main branch. [34]
Chicago Riverwalk as seen from Upper Wacker Drive looking down at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Chicago Riverwalk is a multi-use public open space located on the south bank of the main branch of the Chicago River in Chicago, extending from Lake Michigan and the Outer Drive Bridge westward to the Wolf Point area and Lake Street. [1]
Salesforce Tower Chicago (initially named Wolf Point South Tower during construction) is a skyscraper at Wolf Point in downtown Chicago. It is the tallest and last built of a three tower megadevelopment partly owned by the Kennedy family. [2] The 835 ft (255 m)-tall [1] tower was designed by Pelli Clarke and was completed in 2023. [3]
Wolf Point is the location at the confluence of the North, South and Main Branches of the Chicago River in the present day Near North Side, Loop, and Near West Side community areas of Chicago. This fork in the river is historically important in the development of early Chicago.
Fulton House is a former cold storage warehouse converted into a residential building at Wolf Point, Chicago. Fulton House was built in 1898 by Frank B. Abbott as a 15-story warehouse structure. In 1908, the building was converted to a cold storage warehouse with an addition of a section to the north and a 16th floor.